Health system guidance appraisal-concept evaluation and usability testing (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Health system guidance (HSG) provides recommendations aimed to address health system challenges. However, there is a paucity of methods to direct, appraise, and report HSG. Earlier researc
Travelling activity and travel-related risks after allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation - a single centre survey (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Travel activity and travel-related risks of patients after allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) remain largely unknown. The aim of our study was to examine trave
Raw sap consumption habits and its association with knowledge of nipah virus in two endemic districts in Bangladesh (Publications)
Human Nipah virus (NiV) infection in Bangladesh is a fatal disease that can be transmitted from bats to humans who drink contaminated raw date palm sap collected overnight during the cold season. Our
Ambient air pollution and newborn size and adiposity at birth: differences by maternal ethnicity (the born in Bradford study cohort) (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Exposure to ambient air pollution has been associated with reduced size of newborns; however, the modifying effect of maternal ethnicity remains little explored among South Asians. OBJECTI
What is needed to eradicate lymphatic filariasis? A model-based assessment on the impact of scaling up mass drug administration programs (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is a neglected tropical disease for which more than a billion people in 73 countries are thought to be at-risk. At a global level, the efforts against LF are desi
Implications of heterogeneous biting exposure and animal hosts on <em>Trypanosomiasis brucei gambiense</em> transmission and control (Publications)
The gambiense form of sleeping sickness is a neglected tropical disease, which is presumed to be anthroponotic. However, the parasite persists in human populations at levels of considerable rarity and
Post-ART symptoms were not the problem: a qualitative study on adherence to ART in HIV-infected patients in a Mozambican rural hospital (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this qualitative study was to explore how clinical symptoms may affect adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) in HIV patients, and to explore factors, perceptions and at
Fluorescence/luminescence-based markers for the assessment of <em>Schistosoma mansoni</em> schistosomula drug assays (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Schistosomiasis is responsible for a tremendous public health burden, yet only a single drug, praziquantel, is available. New antischistosomal treatments should therefore be developed. The
DNA methylation assessed by SMRT sequencing is linked to mutations in <em>Neisseria meningitidis</em> isolates (Publications)
The Gram-negative bacterium Neisseria meningitidis features extensive genetic variability. To present, proposed virulence genotypes are also detected in isolates from asymptomatic carriers, indicating
